Angiostatin inhibits pathological but not physiological retinal angiogenesis.

Purpose: Antiangiogenic treatment is a promising new therapy for angiogenesis-dependent diseases. In the current study, the biologic effects on pathologic and physiological angiogenesis in the retina of angiostatin, a very potent angiogenesis inhibitor were determined. In addition, the effects of angiostatin on the growth and development of newborn mice were examined.

Some improvements on the Nikon high magnification photo slit-lamp camera.

We studied a digital data recording system and a slip-in diaphragm plate on the Nikon high magnification photo slit-lamp camera. This last improvement with the camera gives better endothelium photographs without the disturbing epithelial reflex.